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voyage
we were
entering upon
was
to Thanghae and back to this Port, and no where clee or beyond the North East Coast of China. The scale of provisions was read out to
everything we could
us, and was
decine
my wages were $20 por month that of the ordinary Lemmen 14. We were well treated, on the
wvere
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lve
first part of the trip, as far Umoy, the nations promised to us
fulfilled so far, but after sailed from Amoy towards Shaughne, the very first day out, the Captain began to lower our nations. Be
ordered the steward to
more
Mo
lo grive Coffee in the morning either to the Chief Officer, the decored on to myself. He also ordered no more
to be served out to his
grog European
Photokean officers, on to myself-
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be began at same time to shorten the rations of the crew- they did not get enough to cat, and the Chief officer remonstrated with him I the _ Captain) about it, and when the Captain would not listen to hive, he how given out a piece of beef or pork, detra, on the sly [i.c. unknoon to the Captain and beyond the quantity allowed). When the ship arrived at thoughare, we discharged her cargo, and about 20 days after we got there,
began to take in teas- Recing this we all / the Manilamen) went aft in a body to the quarter deck and asked the Captain where the this was bound to. He told us to Scotland - we answered that we had shipped for a voyage
on
we
the coast of China and would
not proceed beyond it. He then
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